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Gender breakdown of Social Workers - July 2016

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Please see below total number of registered social workers (in England) broken down by gender, as of 2 May 2016:

Male – 17,862

Female – 75,629

The HCPC does not hold information on the number of social work managers. As the HCPC does not hold information on social work managers.